Roger Waters denied 10/7. Here’s why Israeli radio should keep playing his songs.
Art by “patently insufferable” people can nonetheless make us understand ourselves better
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Fast Forward Anne Frank Trust scolds Roger Waters for comparing Frank to Shireen Abu Akleh
London-based organization quotes from ‘The Wall’: ‘We don’t need no education’ — but Waters does
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Fast Forward US State Department calls recent Roger Waters concert ‘antisemitic’
The department was backing critical comments from its antisemitism envoy, Deborah Lipstadt
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Fast Forward In Berlin concert, Roger Waters compares death of Anne Frank to Shireen Abu Akleh
The former Pink Floyd singer also dressed up as a Nazi … again
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Fast Forward Munich says it can’t block Roger Waters concert
"I do not want to have him [Waters] here, but now we're going to have to endure it," the city's mayor said
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Music Is it possible to separate Roger Waters’ music from his politics?
The 78-year-old made his name with Pink Floyd, but his vocal opposition to Israel has complicated his relationship with his Jewish fans
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Culture The Secret Jewish History of Pink Floyd
Try as hard as they might, Pink Floyd is the band that refuses to die. The group’s founder and original visionary, Syd Barrett, called it quits in 1968, and by any rights it should have ended there. Yet the group has survived the loss of two frontmen and other founding members, and has endured changing…
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Fast Forward DC Suburb Reschedules Anti-Israel Film Narrated By Roger Waters
WASHINGTON (JTA) — After canceling an earlier screening of an anti-Israel film following complaints by Washington-area Jewish officials, a Maryland suburb will now screen the movie narrated by Roger Waters later this month. The municipality of Takoma Park will screen “Occupation of the American Mind” on July 23. A blurb promoting the movie describes it…
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